From: joh@gmx.net   
      
   mark.foskey@gmail.com writes:   
      
   > A good case can be made for using jet fuel for rockets as well as jets,   
   > also because it doesn't have to be kept so cold.  That's what the first   
   > stage of the Saturn V used (kerosene, anyway, IIRC).   
      
   For a more recent example look at Zenit, which runs on kerosene for all   
   three stages. And makes the prevalent use of LH2 look very much like   
   superstition, by the way. In case of SeaLaunch, Zenit is launched from a   
   ocean platform, with fully automated fueling. Much simpler to do with   
   kerosene, especially when you launch your rocket after weeks of shipping   
   it to some point at the equator.   
      
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenit_rocket   
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaLaunch   
      
      
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